Watch List notes:

Memorial Plaque, 1914-1918 (3) (John Stonier) and (Wolfe Kitovsky) and (Vincent David Lyon); all polished, generally very fine (3). Two men of the name John Stonier were made casualties in the Great War. The first, Private John Stonier,1st/5th Cheshire Regiment, of St Alban's, Macclesfield, Cheshire, died of wounds on the Western Front on 23 October 1915. The second, Rifleman John Stonier, 18th Battalion Rifle Brigade, of St Pancras, London, was killed in action on 15 September 1916. Private Wolfe Kitofsky, of Urmston, Manchester, was killed in action on 18 August 1916 on the Western Front, whilst serving with the 2nd / 7th Manchester Regiment. Of Jewish descent, his name is apparently recorded at the Manchester Synagogue in Urmston. Private Vincent David Lyon was born in Rainhill, Lancashire, and enlisted into the 1st/5th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment at Warrington on 4 August 1914 – the very day upon which war was announced. Having transferred to the 10th Battalion soon after, he tragically died on 17 December 1914, at home, from 'Enteric' (Typhoid) at the military hospital, Seaforth, and was buried in St. Anne's Churchyard, Rainhill. Despite his obvious patriotic spirit, he died having never left the country and having fired a shot in anger since joining up.